Robert Leckie (footballer)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Robert Leckie

| image = Queen's Park FC 1874 (2) (Leckie).jpg

| birth_date = 19 October 1846Robert Leckie, born 19 Oct 1846, Killearn, Stirling, Scotland, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

| birth_place = Killearn, Stirlingshire, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1887|2||1846|10|19}}

| death_place = Port Elizabeth, South Africa

| position =

| years1 = 1867–1875

| clubs1 = Queen's Park

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1872

| nationalteam1 = Scotland

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Robert Leckie (19 October 1846 – February 1887) was a Scottish footballer and one of the founding members of Queen's Park Football Club.

Leckie played for Queen's Park from its formation in 1867 until his retirement from football in 1875, winning the inaugural Scottish Cup competition in 1874.[http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/l/leckier.htm Name: Leckie, Robert], QPFC.com

He also won a solitary cap for the Scotland national team, playing in the first ever international match against England on 30 November 1872.

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